AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT vs Nvidia GeForce GTX 1650

Compared 2 processors: AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT, vs Nvidia GeForce GTX 1650. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT and Nvidia GeForce GTX 1650
Games
Performance in DirectX, OpenCL, Vulkan
AI/ML
AI workload testing
Professional Apps
3D modeling, video editing, rendering
Energy Efficiency
Power usage in various scenarios
NanoReview Score
Overall score by NanoReview

Tests & specs

Specs & test comparison

Games

FPS Table
Game title
1080p (High)
1080p (Ultra)
1440p (Ultra)
4K (Ultra)
Forza Horizon 5
79
45
34
20
54
31
23
14
The Witcher 3
58
44
27
15
41
35
22
11
Counter-Strike 2
87
64
45
19
74
54
35
13
Far Cry 6
63
50
37
19
44
42
28
14
Hogwarts Legacy
36
26
21
11
24
20
14
n/a
COD Modern Warfare 3
50
43
28
15
37
31
18
12
Ghost of Tsushima
33
28
17
9
24
18
13
n/a
Cyberpunk 2077
33
29
15
n/a
26
22
13
n/a
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
65
57
31
19
47
42
27
14
Avg FPS
1080p High5641
1080p Ultra4333
1440p Ultra2821
4K Ultra1511
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT
4432
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1650
3419
Time Spy48573565
Solar Bayn/a12312
Fire Strike143829684
Night Raid6014946016
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT
43831
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1650
39481
Background Blur93.3 frames/s66.4 frames/s
Face Detection48.3 frames/s43.3 frames/s
Horizon Detection1.68 Gpix/sec1.51 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection2.43 Gpix/sec1.68 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur1.99 Gpix/sec1.87 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching0.48 Gpix/sec0.49 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching144.1 Gpix/sec187.9 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics5990 fps5261.5 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT
9104
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1650
7880
G2D Mark775565
DirectX 1156 fps58 fps
DirectX 1240 fps35 fps
GPU Compute4520 Ops/s3058 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT
59.5 fps
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1650
47.5 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)353.5 fps251.1 fps
Car Chasen/a240.5 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)n/a200.6 fps
T-Rexn/a931.9 fps
ALU 2n/a1021.5 fps
Driver Overhead 2n/a270.6 fps
APIVulkanOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellationn/a1151.2

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer AMD Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced December, 12, 2019 April, 23, 2019
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment Mid-range Entry-level
Architecture RDNA 1.0 Turing
Codename Navi 14 TU117
Price 169 149

GPU

GPU Frequency 1607 MHz 1485 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1845 MHz 1665 MHz
Shader Units 1408 896
TMUs 88 56
ROPs 32 32
Execution Units n/a 14
Ray Tracing Cores No No
Tensor Cores No No
L1 cache n/a 64 KB/core
L2 cache 2000 KB/core 1024 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 59 Gpix/sec 53 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 162 GTex/s 93 GTex/s
FLOPS 5.2 TFLOPS 3 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 4.0 x8 PCIe 3.0 x16
TGP 130 W 75 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 7 nm 12 nm
Transistor Size 158 mm² 200 mm²
Transistor count 6 billion 4 billion
Transistor density 37.97 MTr/mm² 20 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR6 GDDR5
Memory Frequency 1750 MHz 2001 MHz
Bus 128 bit 128 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 14000 MB/s 8000 MB/s
Memory Size 4 GB 4 GB
Max Throughput
AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT
224 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1650
128.1 GB/s

API

DirectX 12 12
Vulkan 1.3 1.3
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
CUDA n/a 7.5
DisplayPort 1.4a 1.4a
Ray Tracing No No
DLSS No No

Results

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